Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

Sex is an important aspect of most every marriage. Your sexuality plays a major role in life. It influences how you dress, act, and interact with others around you. It’s everywhere. Stand in line at your local grocery store and see if you can avoid seeing the...

This Is Water

Have you heard the commencement speech given several years ago by novelist David Foster Wallace to Kenyon College? There’s a great Youtube video that uses excerpts from it, called This is Water. It is a brilliant speech that encourages us all to stop presuming we know...

How does your view get in the way?

Entering Panera the other morning I ran into one of the baristas outside taking a quick smoke break. I’ve created a friendship with her over the course of my time there each morning. As I walked up to her she stated, “I feel guilty about smoking, but it is...

Marital Gridlock And Growing Up

Yesterday’s post on marital gridlock was a bit heavy. I realized going in to the topic that it would be a difficult concept to convey. Today, I want to clarify a bit more about gridlock and its role in growing up within marriage. First, lets reinforce the belief...

How To Have Your Feelings

photo credit: visualpanic Editor’s Note: This post is by Simple Marriage contributor Mary Ann Crossno. “You make me feel . . .” – we say that because we just KNOW that how well we do in life is somehow linked to the impact others have on us....